Up until the Second World War nationalist movements, such as the Academic Karelia Society (which advocated a 'Greater Finland' encompassing all the areas, including those of the USSR, where Finnic languages were spoken and of which the future president Urho Kekkonen was a member), were influential among the Finnish elite.

In counterpoint to Toren's effortlessness was the bewildering Frida Hultcrantz, singing the Finnish national anthem while lying atop the tomb of the country's former president, Urho Kekkonen, and wearing just undies and a fur coat.

On 6 December 1980, President of the Republic Urho Kekkonen promoted Ehrnrooth to the very rare rank of General of the Infantry, becoming only the 20th officer in independent Finland (since 1917) to be commended in this way.

The assistant vice minister for foreign affairs of the Soviet Union was arriving soon to host a dinner for Urho Kekkonen, the president of the republic, and for the government of the country, a large number of officials, and a horde of Russian embassy flies and spies.

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